Chapter 15
At Jaya's house :
The lawyer had showed up and soon, the registration rituals started as Pushpita and Rajesh signed up as the witnesses. Jaya and Arvind took the basic vows and signed the required places as husband and wife.
Finishing her sign Jaya heaved in deep breaths as she again got hugged by her nanad "congratulations bhabhi!". The statement made Jaya smile like a newlywed and not even for a single moment, she thought about her son Alok.
Such was the joy in the atmosphere around Jaya.
A while later :
"Bhabhi! You have become so naughty! You have just no idea, wow!" Pushpita curiously looked at Jaya as they both sat on the bed in her bedroom. Jaya was dressed in her exquisite green saree and she looked radiant like anything. However the thing that surprised Pushpita was the fact that her dear bhabhi was not done with just a mere registeration.
Jaya : Pushpi! I am not the same person anymore! Atleast that's what I feel these days...(pouting like a virgin bride)
Pushpita : bhabhi! You are behaving so nypmhish, you have just no idea! What will Alok think with this decision of yours!!
Jaya : more than my son! It's mainly Arvind's wish to see me like a propper bride and ummm, I want that too! (Blushing)
Pushpita : (pinching a blushed cheek of Jaya) oh my! Poor Alok is sure to have so many surprises!
What Pushpita and Jaya didn't know that Alok would be in for a much bigger surprise, once he met the groom. At this moment, both nanad and bhabhi were engrossed in bitter sweet chats and on the other side, outside their room Arvind was busy talking with a friend on phone, while roaming in the balcony. He had just finished his call and turned to suddenly greet Rajesh who was standing next to him. He had something in his mind for sure and right now he kept looking at Arvind strangely.
Arvind : (smiling) namaste! Umm anything you wanted?
Rajesh : um no! Just wanted to thank you!
Arvind : for what?
Rajesh : for being besides Jaya. I am sure she was craving for a company for long! (Suddenly placed a palm on Arvind's hand)
Arvind : umm yeah, well lets say we both craved for each other. Her heart is big to accept someone of a lower strata than her, as her partner.
Rajesh subconsciously rubbed a bit on Arvind's palm smiling "um that's true but also one more quality of yours have surely impressed her more!".
Arvind felt a bit awkward right now, as he had no idea where Rajesh was taking the conversation to. Still, he calmly listened to the man and asked "um what quality?". In answer, Rajesh went slight more near to him and almost whispered "your masculine aura!". The answer made Arvind suddenly more conscious of Rajesh's presence and Rajesh kept smiling and suddenly rubbed the forearm of Arvind, slowly moving up to his hard arms, through the kurta.
Rajesh : She is so lucky to have you Arvind babu! I am so happy for her...(fingers creeping upto the arms now) your manly presence makes her safe for sure!
Arvind : umm Rajesh babu! I think....
But suddenly before Arvind could complete his sentence. Rajesh caught hold of his shoulders and brought his face almost closser to his, when suddenly Arvind himself pushed his face away, immediately making Rajesh embarrassed, as he looked down and stood straight again.
Arvind : (tried to be polite) ummm Rajesh babu, I am sorry...but..I am not into men like you! Sorry!
Rajesh : (heaves a big breath) oh...its okay Arvind babu! I...I am sorry!
Saying so Rajesh leaves Arvind alone and goes away. The first thing that Arvind wondered was wheither Pushpita knew the truth about her husband or not. Anyhow, he kept these thoughts aside and wondered if Jaya would support his decision of making the wedding grander.
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Alok soon reached Kaamna's society and decided to drop her next to the society gate. However Kaamna once again looked at Alok and cooed "umm..thanks, hope you are feeling better?". Since the bruises were very mild, Alok didn't really look much hurt or injured from a regular eye level. Right now, he caught hold of Kaamna's hand and pulled it upto his lips and very slightly kissed on the palm, sending a deep shiver inside her. Before, Alok could do anything else, Kaamna herself placed one more hand on his, and brought her lips slowly closer.
The moment seemed so tensive that Alok couldn't help but immediately give the succulent lips a quick smack, making Kaamna yearn for more and soon both mashed their lips against each other, immersing deep into a longer wet smooch. Their hands now rubbed together and the atmosphere in the car lit up.
However, soon Kaamna broke the kiss and looked at her watch, then looking upto Alok pouted softly "okay then, ses you soon!". Saying so she got up the car and walked inside her society gate, leaving an unquenched Alok in the car, who felt a refreshing breeze around him after the very delightful smooch. Breathing in a long breath, he started his car and headed home. What he didn't know that the kiss was the last positive thing to happen today, as he would encounter some unexpected surprises soon.
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With a mind full of delight, Alok reached home atlast and was amazed to see another car parked nearby. "If I am not mistaken, this does seem like bua's car!". Alok thought for sometime and being very curious, rushed to the door and rang the doorbell up quick. Within some moments, the door finally opened and Alok greeted his bua Pushpita, who looked at him with a dazzling smile.
Pushpita : hey Alok! Come on in, give me a hug beta!
Alok stepped in and hugged his bua briefly, but still had a curious expression on his face, neither too happy nor too pale, just an expression of amazement. After breaking from the hug, the next person to greet him was his phupha Rajesh, who too smiled when he saw him. Now, Alok just couldn't take his bua's arrival casually, he knew there was surely some particular reason for them to show up like this.
Alok : bua, phuphaji! What a surprise! I mean....never expected you guys to show up...all of a sudden!
Pushpita : why beta! We surely had to come at this auspicious day! Umm right Rajesh?
Rajesh just nodded smiling, but Alok was surely full of questions right now.
Alok : ummm auspicious day?? Well...is maa setting up a hawan or pooja today?
Rajesh : well.....not really... actually..
Pushpita : (cuts her husband's words) umm! Beta.....not a pooja or hawan, but a wedding!
Alok : Wedding???? Whaa...one sec! I am confused!
Pushpita : oh budhu! What is there to be confused about? Okay! ..(takes a deep breath) time to break your bubble! Listen beta... Your mother and her prospect couldn't wait longer and so.... They decided to move a step further!
Alok : (shocked) WHAT? maaa!!!
Alok was just about to rush to his mother's bedroom, when suddenly Pushpita stopped him by his arms and told him to calm down. Alok looked very impatient at this moment and sternly said "I need to talk to maa about this, let me go bua!!". Pushpita now careesed his cheeks and patted his back, calming him down and softly spoke "beta...you just.. can't break into your mother's room like that! You need her husband's permission as well!". Pushpita blushed as she uttered those words to Alok.
Alok felt deeply angry and embarrassed, firstly for being in the dark regarding today's program and secondly the fact that he wasn't the man of the house anymore, or atleast apparently so. However before he could decide anything, the door latch of his mother's room made a noise and soon it opened up, making Alok look at that direction.
A few moments of silence and then...
Out came Jaya! dressed in her green saree and yellow blouse, which Alok had seen in the morning itself, but right now what he also saw was that her mother's hair looked slightly dicshelved and the jasmine flowers had reduced in some quantity, clearly indicating the fact that the petals had been crushed under a palm. Jaya looked down and adjusted her pallu which had slightly drifted off to her shoulder, and then suddenly looked up, just to have her eyes meet with the eyes of her amazed and surprised son.
In a sudden, some words quivered from her lips "Alok beta!". However Alok was just glued to his mother's presence when suddenly the very next momen, Arvind comes out of her room, making Alok shocked to death. He had to rub his eyes and widen them up to see Arvind stand right next to his mother. A sight that froze Alok completely.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE??" Alok couldn't handle his anger anymore, while Jaya and Pushpita stood amazed along with a widely smiling Arvind. The air became still all of a sudden in the room.
However Jaya broke the sudden silence soon!
"Alok??? What's wrong with you?" Jaya sternly spoke seing her son's reaction to Arvind's presence. Alok felt his ground shake up when he saw Arvind standing and smiling with a seemingly evil grin right next to his lavishly dressed mother.
Alok : maa??? What is he doing here????
Jaya : oh! You guys know each other?
Arvind : as a matter of fact yes!
Pushpita and Rajesh stood confused, while Jaya sometimes would look at her son and then at Arvind, with confused state of mind. Alok stood enraged while Arvind continued his evil grin look on his face.